Heights of luxury: Lucia van der Post on how ski specialists get it right
When it comes to luxury offerings, few can raise the bar higher than specialist ski operators When my husband and…
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Niquesa Travel launches Vinotherapy
Niquesa Travel launches Vinotherapy for Valentine’s: a wine & gastronomic discovery of Bordeaux Indulge in the heady flavours of Bordeaux…
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Book review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Obama’s memoir is one written with captivating spontaneity and openness, writes Emelia Hamilton-Russell If Michelle Obama’s autobiography makes one thing…
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Review: The Restaurant at the Sanderson
Christopher Jackson returns to the Sanderson, a scene of former glamour, and finds food of the very highest order. The…
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Camillo Benso Review: ‘The food is as upscale as the setting’
The Milan establishment’s new sister restaurant in Mayfair is just as delightful, writes Wendy Coumantaros Milan’s favourite dining spot, Camillo…
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Superyacht makers show green light for 2019
It’s full steam ahead for superyacht firms buoyed by a thriving market with a new emphasis on sustainable innovation and…
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Review: Audi’s new flagship SUV isn’t just eye candy
The bold all-new Audi Q8 is an impressively dynamic drive that raises the bar in the premium SUV sector, writes…
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Review: Lorenzo Lotto, the National Gallery
Lorenzo Lotto has posthumously routed his better known contemporaries Mantegna and Bellini, writes Christopher Jackson We’re particularly impressed by the…
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Portrait: Meet Liliane Lijn, the artist forging an alliance with science
For more than half a century, the much-travelled Liliane Lijn has made the most of a fascination with science to…
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Max Levai Q&A: the Marlborough gallery heir talks trade
The director of Marlborough Contemporary talks to Spear’s about the gallery sector in 2019 and the emergence of art fairs,…
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The secret charms of Western Australia
From the Kimberley’s splendid isolation to the giant Karri forests in the south, Western Australia is a massive multifarious never-ending…
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Review: M Restaurant in Victoria
If anyone in Westminster is hungry in the New Year – there’s a place worth trying just a short walk…
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PPFM: What to see, visit, read, spend and do in January
Pinch Punch First of the Month: Six things to see, spend and do over the next 30 days. Edited by…
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John Arlidge on the ‘futuristic, optimistic and British’ Jaguar I-Pace
The new Jaguar I-Pace is the first electric car you might – indeed should – want to buy, writes John…
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Review: 34 Mayfair
Christopher Jackson is beguiled by 34 Mayfair but wishes he hadn’t ordered the meatballs On the day I attended 34…
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Maggi Hambling: ‘reality for me is in my studio making something.’
Maggi Hambling has brought her wry humour to an exhibition alongside four similarly charismatic artists, writes Christopher Jackson It’s best…
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Pure Indian review: Chef Shilpa Dandekar shines in Putney, just don’t call it curry
Spear’s self-appointed curry correspondent heads to Pure Indian in SW6 to taste chef Shilpa Dandekar’s ‘profoundly aquatic’ Seafood Moliee Chef…
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Review: Madison, One New Change
Sarah Bonfield visits Madison and finds the perfect classic Sunday roast paired with beautiful panoramic city views. Making our way…
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Review: The Kensington Hotel
Christopher Jackson experiences an enforced exodus to the Kensington Hotel, and there encounters far more than just a much-needed mattress…
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Books: The Spear’s big reads of 2018
What were the best books of 2018? Spear’s asked our contributors, friends and staffers to nominate their standout books of…
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